Rotary hand-operated brush.



S. HARBIAN.

ROTARY HAND OPBRATBD BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29. 1914.

Patented D90. 15, 1914.

SARKIS HARBIAN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

ROTARY HAND-OPERATEI) BRUSH.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1,5, 1914.

Application filed July 29,1914. Serial No. 853,850.

To all 'wim-m Muay/concern A Be it known that I, SARKIS HARMAN, a subjectof the Sultan of Turkey, residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rotary Hand-Operated Brushes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention has relation to improvements in rotary hand-operated brushes; and

it consists in the novel features of construction moipJ fully set forth in the specification and pointed out in the claims. t

In the drawings, Figure l is an elevatlon of the washer, parts being broken away, showing its application to a tumbler;-Fig. 2 is a longitudinal middle section, parts being left in elevation; and Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-section on the line 3-3 ofY F ig. 2.

The present invention is directed to rotary hand-operated brushes, and has for lits object to provide a simple householdarticle which can stand considerable handling and abuse without the danger of getting out of order.

A further object is to provide a was'her which is responsive to a slight pressure of the hand of the operator; one which is positive in action, light, and cheap to construct; and one possessing further advantages better apparent from a detailed description of the invention, which is as follows Referring to the drawings, l represents a tubular handle closed at one end (the outer end) in which is free to rotate a shell or sleeve 2 provided with a pair of peripheral spiral slots s, s, said slots being traversable by a cross pin 3 disposed diametrically across the handle 1 and secured thereto. The sleeve 2 is provided with an extension 2 freely rotatable in thehollow bearing or boss a formed at the inner end of the handleA 1, the'members 2, 2, rotating as a unit in the operation of the tool.- Passing` loosely through the extension 2 is a spindle d whose outer end is provided with a disk or foot-piece 5 which is placed against. the` ber 4 beyond the inner end of the slots. Between the closed outer end of the handlel and the adjacent end of the enlarged portion i of the spindle et is interposed a con1- pression spring G, a portion of the spring being coiled about the inner end of the spindle 4 (Fig. 2). The outer terminal ofthe extension2 carries a brush B. lVhe'n the spring Gis fully expanded, the outer end of the sleeve 2 is shouldered against the handle 1 around the bearing a (F ig. 2) the bearing being pushed away 'from the end of the 4sleeve with any compression of the spring y (see dotted position Fig. 1l-

The operation will be clear from a reference to Figs. 1 and 2. To clean a tumbler T, the operator places the foot-piece 5 against the bottom of the tumbler and pushes down on the handle 1,'in which movement the spring 6v is compressed. With the pushing down of the handle 4as idescribed, the pin 3 carried thereby will traverse the spiral slotsV s, of the sleeve 2, imparting rotation not only to the sleeve but to its extension 2 which carries the brush B. The extension2 with its brush thus rotates in a given direction about the spindle 4: as an axis, and the inside of thevv tumbler will be cleaned by the brush. Upon vreleasing the handle, the spring 6 (compressed in the previous stroke of the handle) will expand, causing the handle to' move in the opposite direction. The pin 3 will now traverse the slots s, s, in the opposite direc'- tion, thus imparting rotation to the sleeve 2 `and 'its brush-carrying extension 2 in the reverse direction. ln this way, by alternately pushing in and releasing the handle la rotary reciprocation is imparted to the members 2, 2', and to the brush 'B, and the tumbler (or bottle) is washed. Duringthe longitudinal reciprocations or strokes of the handle 1, the pin 3 freely traverses the slot 1 a ofthe ,enlarged portion 4 of the spindle, .the vlatter being lof course stationary relatively to the rotating sleeve 2, 2', by which the same is enveloped. I nits rotary reciprocationstheinner end of the sleever2 plays overthe annular shoulderl or bearing h; of the spindle enlargement .4. Theinner end of the member/l' forms an abutment -for one end of the spring 6, as clearly obvious from the drawings.

The tool may be applied to a variety of uses. ln lieu of the brush B, a skeleton lframe (not shown) might be substituted,

and the device be used as an egg-beater or' for other kindred purposes, as clearly` obvious to those skilled in the art.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a rotary hand-operated brush, a.

.hollow handle, a compression spring therein, a stationary member in the handle forming an abutment for one end of the spring, a rotatable sleeve in the handle `enveloping the member aforesaid, Vtlielatter extending outside the handle, an extension for the sleeve enveloping the outer extension'fthe abutment niember, a brush on the sleeve extension, the Walls of the sleeve being pro-j.v

the portion of the sleeve within the handlebeing provided with a pair of eripheral spiral slots, and being normall ouldered against the end off-the hand e,A aninner spindle traversing thefsleevesextension and the'handle, and provided with a longitudinally slotted enlargement within the limits of the sleeve, a Bearing'on said enlargement, for supporting the inner end of the sleeve,

a spring interposed between the inner termi# nal of the spindle enlargementk and the closed end of the handle, a cross-pin on the handle traversing the slots of the sleeve and the-slot ofthe spindle enlargement, a foot Apiece on the spindle outside the sleeve extension, and a brush on the sleeve extension, `the parts operating substantlally as, and for the purpose setv forth.

3; In -a. rotary handoperated brush, a hollow handle, an :inner stationary spind1e, an

intermediate rotatable sleeve, an extension for the sleeve,; a brush on the extension, a spring in the handle interposed between one end thereofand the adjacent end of the spindle, the. sleeve being provided with spiral. peripheral slots, and the spindle with a longitudinal slot, and a member onE the handle traversing the several slots, for the purpose St forth.

SARKIS HARBIAN.

Witnesses:

EMIL S'rmx, Jos. A. MICHEL. 

